Reversing the 'syndrome of secrecy': Peremptory reporting obligations in cases of child abuse and neglect

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dc.contributor.authorBekink, M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-17T16:23:16Z
dc.date.available2021-06-17T16:23:16Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractMandatory reporting laws are a controversial mechanism that require members of particular occupations to report cases of serious child maltreatment that they encounter in the course of their work to welfare or law enforcement agencies. In April 2019 a video went viral in which a woman filmed her colleague beating toddlers at a crèche in Gauteng. The crèche was closed, and arrests were made, including of the videographer. Given extent of violence and abuse against South African children, this paper investigates whether South African law adequately provides for the liability of those compelled to report child abuse but who fail to do so, why mandated reporters fail to report abuse, and how South Africa's mandatory reporting rules should be amended to better serve their purpose.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBekink, M. (2021). Reversing the'syndrome of secrecy': Peremptory reporting obligations in cases of child abuse and neglect. SA Crime Quarterly, (70), 1-13.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S1991-38772021000100001&script=sci_arttext&tlng=es
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5122
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSA Crime Quarterlyen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectmandatory reportingen_US
dc.subjectlawen_US
dc.titleReversing the 'syndrome of secrecy': Peremptory reporting obligations in cases of child abuse and neglecten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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